Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

New Computational Lung Model Improves Ventilation for ARDS

For patients suffering from acute lung failure (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, ARDS), mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving treatment.

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New Emergency Ventilation Methods by TU Freiberg Scientists

To this end, the mine rescue team of TU Bergakademie Freiberg and the Institute for Machine Elements, Design and Production have combined their expertise.

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Contactless Method for Detecting COVID-19 Infections

An innovative measurement method is helping to detect people infected with coronavirus from a safe distance. It detects fever, increased pulse rates and fast…

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Optimizing Diabetes Kidney Treatment with New Computer Model

An international consortium has started the R&D project “DC-Ren: Drug combinations for rewriting trajectories of renal pathologies in type II diabetes’.

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Exploring Wireless Power Transfer Using the Human Body

The project Electronic AXONs: wireless microstimulators based on electronic rectification of epidermically applied currents (eAXON, 2017-2022), funded by a…

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Ear’s inner secrets revealed with new technology

The study, which was published in the scientific journal Scientific Reports, can provide an explanation for why it is so effective to treat deafness in people…

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AI Enhances Stroke Detection Through Advanced Lesion Segmentation

Lesion segmentation is a routine process where the abnormal areas within brain images are qualitatively and manually picked by expert radiologists.

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UniTrento’s New Ultrasound Protocol for Covid-19 Diagnosis

The article presents the results of the diagnostic protocol for Covid-19 that Libertario Demi developed with a dozen Italian clinical teams that are working…

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New VR/AR Device Simulates Sight Loss for Awareness

Published today, during World Glaucoma Week 2020, a new study demonstrates how commercially available head mounted displays (HMD) can be used to simulate the…

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Research towards improved cochlear implants – Computer model shows neuronal activation patterns in the inner ear

People with normal hearing perceive sound by means of hair cells located in the cochlea, the fluid-filled hollow part of the inner ear. These hair cells…

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High-Tech Contact Lenses Correct Color Blindness Effectively

Researchers have incorporated ultra-thin optical devices known as metasurfaces into off-the-shelf contact lenses to correct deuteranomaly, a form of red-green…

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AI-Powered Robot Innovates Blood Drawing Process

Rutgers engineers have created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or…

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Stretchable Wearable Coils Improve Comfort in MRI Scans

One reason the tests are uncomfortable is that they often use rigid radio-frequency (RF) coils to detect signals from the body. Now, the Purdue team has…

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Innovative Therapies for Weak Bladder: A Drug-Free Solution

A study by the Robert Koch Institute has found that one in four women will suffer from weak bladders at some point in their lives. Treatments of this condition…

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Active Droplets: Precision Dosing for Continuous Drug Delivery

Using a mixture of oil droplets and hydrogel, medical active agents can be not only precisely dosed, but also continuously administered over periods of up to…

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Hybrid Microscope Enables Digital Biopsies in Clinics

Pairing infrared measurements with high-resolution optical images and machine learning algorithms, the researchers created digital biopsies that closely…

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